orcess
orcess noun: a female orc.
Noun
orcess (plural orcesses)
- A female orc.
- My gaze fell on an orcess. It was the first time I'd seen a woman from the race of the Firstborn. She looked a lot like Miralissa, except that her hair wasn't gathered into a braid, but a long tail. The orcess was armed with two crooked swords and the sculptor had caught her as she was spinning...2012, Alexey Pehov, translated by Andrew Bromfield, Shadow Blizzard, Simon & Schuster, page 175
- Kalatea was an orc-more precisely an orcish madien^([sic]). Hmm...Or is it orcess? I don't know what the proper term for her was, but the main gist was evident-she was large and green.2018, Vasily Mahanenko, The Phantom Castle, Magic Dome Books, page 64
- Synonyms:
- she-orc
Examples of orcess in a sentence
- The orcess was armed with two crooked swords and the sculptor had caught her as she was spinning around.2012, Alexey Pehov, translated by Andrew Bromfield, Shadow Blizzard, Simon & Schuster, page 175:
- "And this is my vassal Mahk the Orcess," I gestured towards my imposing pet.2018, Quinn Dallas, The Shadow of the Rogue: The Rogue's Gambit, Northern Sky Press, page 69:
Synonyms of orcess
Forms of orcess
| plural | orcesses |
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Origin of orcess
From orc + -ess. Piecewise doublet of ogress.
Questions about orcess
- What does orcess mean?
- Orcess means a female orc.
- How do you use orcess in a sentence?
- The orcess was armed with two crooked swords and the sculptor had caught her as she was spinning around.
- What part of speech is orcess?
- Orcess is a noun.
- What is the plural of orcess?
- The plural of orcess is orcesses.
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